A developer bought a property down the street that has been derelict for the eight years I’ve lived on River Street. With the pressure to renovate four units and get them occupied in less than six months, he accepted my offer to help him with the hillside by giving me the entire hillside. This was more land than I had planned to take on, and I had done no training in how to manage erosion, but he had clear-cut the entire area in March 2024 and was letting me do anything I wanted. Since it had previously been covered in mugwort, I didn’t think I could ruin it. The battle against mugwort is ongoing. Stay tuned.